China’s box office remained dominated by local-language releases during the Aug. 1–3 weekend. All five of the top-charting titles were domestic productions.
“Dead to Rights,” distributed by China Film Group, led the chart for a second consecutive weekend, adding RMB 609.3 million ($84.6 million), bringing its cumulative gross to RMB 1.515 billion ($210.4 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway.
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Directed by Shen Ao and written by Shen Ao, Zhang Ke, and Xu Luyang, and set against the backdrop of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and drawing from documented historical events, “Dead to Rights” follows A Chang (Liu Haoran of the “Detective Chinatown” franchise), a postman who
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